Mansakan languages
{{short description|Subgroup of the Austronesian language family}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Mansakan
|altname=
|region=Davao Region, Mindanao
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Philippine
|fam4=Greater Central Philippine
|fam5=Central Philippine
|protoname=Proto-Mansakan
|glotto=mans1261
|glottorefname=Mansakan
}}
The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to a dialect of Cebuano today.
Classification
=Overview=
=Gallman (1974)=
The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.
Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.
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- Mansakan
- North Mansakan
- Kamayo North
- Kamayo South
- Dabaw
- Dabawenyo (Davaoeño)
- Eastern Mansakan
- Mandayan
- Western Mansakan
- Kalagan
- Tagakaolo
- Mamanwa
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References
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{{Philippine languages}}
Category:Central Philippine languages
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